Popularity Ranking for Japanese Manga and Anime in 2015

The Japan Foundation Cairo Office Library theme for February is the popularity ranking for anime and manga works in Japan in 2015.

In the anime and manga world, there are works which were issued in one format only – which are in manga form only, or anime form only. On the other hand there are works which began as games and were turned into manga and/ or anime, and other works which were developed as manga and then turned into anime, live-action films or games. Even novels are sometimes turned into anime, etc. In fact, many works have been developed in several formats for commercial purposes.

The fluctuations in popularity between works in the world of anime and manga are considerably fast compared to novels. That is due, of course, to the actions of profit-seeking publishers and distributors, etc. However, there are many works, such Mobile Suit Gundam and Doraemon, which have gained a stable popularity over many years due to their deep and interesting themes both in Japan and abroad.

We will present to you in the Library this month the most popular manga books and anime posters according to their rankings. But what about Egyptians, specifically our Library users? We would like to know our Library users’ opinions about the works they know, Like and would like to watch or read.

Do the most popular works in Egypt figure in Japan’s popularity ranking list? We have prepared a survey about the works you know/ don’t know/ like/ hate. We would be very glad if you would participate in this survey. And if you don’t yet know much about manga and anime, why don’t you try reading some of the manga in our Library? You might just discover the mystery of its appeal.